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| Laura Quackenbush (email
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| Profile
last updated: 08/02/07 |
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Address:
306 Louisa St., PO Box 298, Lake Leelanau, MI |
County:
Leelanau |
Phone
(w): 231-256-7475 |
Phone
(h): 231-256-2191 |
Fax:
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| E-mail:
quackenbush@highstream.com |
Website:
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| Academic
Affiliation: University of Oklahoma |
| Non-academic
affiliation: Leelanau Historical Museum |
| Degree: M.A. |
| Specialization
areas: Area Studies (Leelanau County,MI) , Cultural Heritage, Education, Folklore/Folklife, History, Humanities, Interdisciplinary, Native Peoples, Oral History, Preservation, Great Lakes Martime History. |
| Major: Michigan History & Culture, Interpretation |
| Minor:
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| Implementing
projects as: Planning, Research, Consulting, Developing, Presenter/panelist, Project Evaluator |
| Project
types: School Projects, Live events and/or exhibitions, Media (film, TV, radio), Digital media (internet, etc.) |
| Areas
willing to participate: School Projects, Live events and/or exhibitions, Media (film, TV, radio), Digital media (internet, etc.) |
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| Past
experience: As the Curator of the Leelanau Historical Museum, I have planned & implemented local historical, fine, and traditional arts exhibits & programs since 1985. I have served both as paid and/or volunteer lecturer, consultant, interviewer, evlauator, & program participant for other institutions including Con Foster Museum, the Maritime Heritage Alliance of Northwest Michigan, Inland Seas Education Association Michigan Humanities Council, and others. BS in History & Political Scince, Northern Michigan University; Associates Degree in Photography, Lansing Community College; MLSme University of Oaklahoma, Windeale Museum Institute; Museum Technician Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore; & others. My interest in traditional Anishinaabek arts begain in 1987. AS LHM Curator I conducted an inventory of Odawa & Ojibway Arts compiling data on 600 objects of local origin. I have produced multiple exhibits using museum & private collections & most recently installed the Leelanau Historical Museum "Traditional Arts of the Anishinaabek Room" |
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